Photo Gallery
1944
Steel barge rivetted. Built at Bulimba Engineers Yard Bulimba. Chinese labour force. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Another Steel barge being constructed at Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Steel barges constructed by the US Army engineers at Bulimba. (Courtesy, NARA, College Park.).
1944
Prefabrication of barge parts being prepared for assembly. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
The beginning of a new barge at Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Eventually, the barges came closer to the riverbank. This one is an 80-foot wooden barge. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Steel rivetted barge. (Courtesy NARA, College Park).
1944
An 80-foot barge at Bulimba Camp A Small Ships Section. (Courtesy NARA, College Park.)
1944
45-foot wooden barges and other vessels at the Small Ships Section, Bulimba Camp A. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1963
HMAS Stuart and the Brittania at Newstead. (Photo courtesy Salter Family BDHS)
Can you name all of the other boats?
1944
One of the barges used to carry other vessels. Small Ships Section Bulimba Camp A. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Refrigeration Barges were used for supplying the troops in the South Pacific.(Courtesy NARA, College Pak).
1944
Combat unloading barge being launched at the Small Ships Section Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Newly built barge sliding down the ways at Bulimba Shipyards. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)
1944
Another of the Conical Crane Barges very close to being ready for the water.(Courtesy NARA, College Park)
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